单词 | shedder |
释义 | sheddern. 1. One who sheds, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > bloodshedder shedderc1388 bloodsheddera1425 spiller1530 bloodsucker1539 bloodletter1674 c1388 in Wyclif's Sel. Wks. III. 474 Leste Crist dampne ȝowe for traytouris and monquellers and scheders of his blode. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vii. f. 33 Cruel enemies and sheaders of the Spanyshe bludde. 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. iii. sig. H1 But your parts in all dues to crying blood For vengeance in the shedder, are much greater. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 273 The seventh Inca, whose Name signifies, Shedder of bloody Tears. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xiii He was never a shedder of blood. 2. spec. a. A female fish of the Salmonidæ after spawning. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > female after spawning shedder-salmon1558 shedder1588 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > trout (unspecified and miscellaneous) > female shedder1588 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) iv. iv. 450 If any person..haue taken there any Salmons or Trouts, out of season, that is, being kippers, or shedders. 1848 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 687 The adult fish [salmon] having spawned, being out of condition, and unfit for food..are..termed kelts; the male fish is sometimes also called a kipper, and the female a shedder or baggit. b. A name for a crab during the period when it is casting its covering integument or shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage soft crab1737 softshell crab1806 megalopa1815 buster1855 megalops1855 shedder-crab1860 peeler1866 shedder1872 prawn-stage1896 fat crab1905 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 390. Compounds General attributive(sense 2). shedder-crab n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage soft crab1737 softshell crab1806 megalopa1815 buster1855 megalops1855 shedder-crab1860 peeler1866 shedder1872 prawn-stage1896 fat crab1905 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Shedder-crab, a crab which has recently cast his shell, also called a Soft Crab. 1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story v, in Harper's Mag. Apr. 733/2 I was still..fishing,..and fastened on my hook a peeled shedder crab. shedder-salmon n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > female after spawning shedder-salmon1558 shedder1588 1558 Act 1 Eliz. c. 17 §1 That no person..shall..take and kyll any..shedder Salmons, or shedder Trowtes. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 139 Any kepper or shedder salmon. shedder trout n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1388 |
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